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2023 bookstore graphic novel sales: Viz and Scholastic are still the "Big Two"
April 16, 2024
Image, left to right: "Mary Anne’s Bad Luck Mystery (The Baby-Sitters Club, vol. 13"; art by Cynthia Yuan Cheng (Scholastic) / "Spider-Man: Fake Red," art by...
Where can you buy DVDs and Blu-rays?
April 13, 2024
"Samsung DVD player (front)" by dougbelshaw is licensed under CC BY 2.0. (Flickr / cropped from original) Over the past year or so, I’ve resumed buying DVDs...
Tech review: Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+
April 9, 2024
Image from Samsung. Back in 2019, I bought a sixth-generation, entry-level iPad, replacing the several Android/Fire tablets I used through the 2010s. At the...
President Biden is now on the fediverse
April 6, 2024
President Joe Biden. Photo by Governor Tom Wolf (Flickr / CC BY / cropped from original). The “fediverse,” the decentralized, federated social media world...
2023 US music revenue: Vinyl outsells CDs for the second year in a row
April 2, 2024
"Compact Discs" by Brett Jordan is licensed under CC BY 2.0 (Flickr / CC BY / cropped from original) The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has...
Disney+ and Hulu officially merge for Disney Bundle subscribers
March 30, 2024
Disney+ main screen with Hulu's "Shogun." (Disney) This week, Disney officially launched (after several months of beta testing) Disney+ with Hulu integrated....
April 2024 media picks and news
March 26, 2024
"Basketballs" by Håkan Dahlström is licensed under CC BY 2.0. (Flickr / cropped from original) Here’s a look at what media of interest is coming out for...
Blog status update (March 2024)
March 22, 2024
Image by Thomas Ulrich from Pixabay Time again for another blog status update post. Dropping Google ads (again) For those visiting my site with their ad...
"Across the Spider-Verse," "The Talk" win 2024 NAACP Image Awards
March 19, 2024
Image from "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse." (Marvel/Sony) The 2024 NAACP Image Awards was held last week. The awards, of course, honor African...
"Hailey's On It!," "Star Wars: Doctor Aphra" win 2024 GLAAD Media Awards
March 16, 2024
Image: "Hailey's On It!" (Disney) The first half of this year’s GLAAD Media Awards were held on March 14 in Los Angeles, with the second half scheduled for...
"The Boy and the Heron" wins the 2024 Oscar for Animated Feature
March 12, 2024
Image by Mohamed Hassan from Pixabay The 2024 Academy Awards (aka the Oscars) were held this Sunday. Below, I take my annual look at the animation-related...
What are Warner Bros.' biggest media franchises?
March 8, 2024
Image, left to right: "Space Jam: A New Legacy"; the Justice League of America (art by George Perez); "Scooby-Doo." (Warner Bros.) Warner Bros. has seen...
Alternatives to WordPress.com and Tumblr
March 5, 2024
Image by Werner Moser from Pixabay The online writer/creator world, including yours truly, isn’t pleased with the latest artificial intelligence (AI) related...
March 2024 media picks and news
March 1, 2024
Image from "X-Men '97." (Marvel/Disney) Here’s a look at media of interest for March 2024. Movies Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, March 22 Disney+ A full list...
Leap Day in cartoons
February 27, 2024
"(59).365" by IntoxiKatex is licensed under CC BY 2.0 (Flickr / cropped from original) February 29 brings that quadrennial leap year-defining day, Leap Day....
Disney to license North American DVD and Blu-ray distribution to Sony
February 23, 2024
Photo by Mike Mozart. (Flickr / CC BY, cropped from original) Major physical media news was announced this week. Disney and Sony have entered in a deal in...
The most popular cartoons on streaming services in 2023
February 20, 2024
Image by StockSnap from Pixabay Traditional TV ratings group Nielsen has expanded into also covering streaming service viewership. To that end, they recently...
Super Bowl LVIII broadcast (and streaming) thoughts
February 13, 2024
"Lombardi Trophies 49ers" by Orbisnonsuficit is licensed under CC BY 2.0. (Flickr / cropped from original) It’s time for my annual look at this year’s Super...
2023 US home video revenue: streaming dominates; physical media revenue continues to dwindle
February 9, 2024
Photo by Mohamed Hassan. (Pixabay) Media industry analysis group Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) has released its annual report of US home video revenue...
My thoughts about AI (and why my blog is staying AI-free)
February 6, 2024
Image by Michael Schwarzenberger from Pixabay Despite artificial intelligence (AI) dominating the tech industry news (and to an extent, media news) for the...
Black History Month and media
February 2, 2024
Image by Mohamed Hassan from Pixabay While I’ve written plenty about African Americans in media, I haven’t written many Black History Month-related posts....
The Mac turns 40
January 30, 2024
"Apple Mac SE" by nostalgianerd is licensed under CC BY 2.0. (Flickr / cropped from original) Last Tuesday, the Mac turned 40 years old. While the Mac has...
February 2024 media picks and news
January 26, 2024
Image by 3D Animation Production Company from Pixabay It’s time to look at what media of interest is coming out in February 2024. Disney+ A full list is...
Favorite free and open source software
January 23, 2024
Image by Alexander Gounder from Pixabay Free and open source software (FOSS) plays a major part in modern life, even if the average person’s never heard of...
The popularity of cartoon characters' names
January 19, 2024
Image by Mohamed Hassan from Pixaba Due to their non-aging nature, cartoon characters are often stuck with many of the elements from when they were created....
My DVD and Blu-ray collection status (2024 edition)
January 16, 2024
Photo by Sean MacEntee (Flickr / CC BY) A year ago, I started buying DVDs and Blu-rays in earnest again, after years of slacking off due to using streaming...
10 major cartoon characters entering public domain between 2024 and 2034
January 12, 2024
"Daffy Duck vs. Donald Duck (173/365)" by JD Hancock is licensed under CC BY 2.0 (Flickr / cropped from original) Mickey Mouse finally entered public domain...
Media server review: Jellyfin
January 9, 2024
Image: My Jellyfin movies page. (Screenshot by author) A year ago, I set up a Plex server on my Mac, to stream my own digital media to my TV and other...
Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Disney Channel ratings drop in 2023
January 5, 2024
Variety has published its report on the state of TV viewership in 2023. Like last year, there’s no surprise about the overall outcome: cable viewership's...
Cartoons that should've entered public domain in 2024 (but didn't)
January 1, 2024
Top row: Batgirl and Batman, "The New Batman Adventures" (Warner Bros.) / The Kingpin, "Spider-Man: The Animated Series" (Marvel) / "The Jungle Book"...
Diverse Tech Geek 2023 year in review
December 30, 2023
Image by FiveFlowersForFamilyFirst from Pixabay It’s time for my 2023 year in review for Diverse Tech Geek. Below is a look at the top five posts on Diverse...
January 2024 media picks and news
December 22, 2023
"ROSE PARADE 2017" by Prayitno / Thank you for (12 millions +) view is licensed under CC BY 2.0. (Flickr / cropped from original) Kicking off the new year,...
Google releases its 2023 "Year in Search" results
December 19, 2023
Google’s released its annual Year in Search results for 2023. This year has seen some complaining about the dominant search engine’s search results quality,...
The 10 most-watched Netflix cartoons (January to June 2023)
December 15, 2023
From left to right: "Paw Patrol" (Spin Master Entertainment); "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba" (Ufotable); "Minions: The Rise of Gru" (Illumination) Netflix...
Hulu now available within Disney+
December 12, 2023
Disney has finally carried through with integrating Hulu into Disney+, launching the new Disney+-with-Hulu service as a “beta” last week. Basically,...
Sony deleting purchased videos from customers' libraries
December 8, 2023
Content deletion hijinks continue unabated. This time, it’s Sony and PlayStation (and to a lesser degree, Warner Bros. Discovery) facing heat. Last week,...
2022 comic sales up 4% from 2021; graphic novels drive all of the year's growth
December 5, 2023
For years, Comichron and ICv2 have released an annual joint report analyzing North American comic sales. However, in October, this year’s annual report was...
Favorite graphic novels for 2023
December 1, 2023
It’s time for my annual look at some of my favorite graphic novels for 2023. A slight change-up this year: my reading of graphic novels has slacked off a...
December 2023 media picks and news
November 28, 2023
In time for the final month of 2023, here’s a look at media of interest coming out for December. Movies Renaissance: A Film by Beyonce, Dec. 1Migration, Dec....
Recommended Twitter alternatives
November 22, 2023
I last wrote a dedicated post about Twitter alternatives back in April 2022, which feels like a million years ago at this point. Since Elon Musk bought...
Thanksgiving in cartoons
November 17, 2023
Thanksgiving doesn’t seem to get the attention that the two more popular holidays surrounding it, Halloween and Christmas, receive. Or at least, as far as...
Android apps I use (2023 edition)
November 14, 2023
Back in September, I switched from the iPhone SE (2020) to a Samsung Galaxy A54. While readjusting to Android after several years of using iOS took some...
Warner Bros. turns 100
November 10, 2023
Warner Bros. turns 100 years old this year, just like its longtime rival, Disney. Unlike Disney, however, Warner’s treatment of its animation department has...
Streaming service review: Disney+ (2023 edition)
November 7, 2023
I last wrote extensively about Disney+, Disney’s eponymous streaming service, in 2021, which in streaming time is a long time ago. Since its 2019 launch,...
Disney to gain full ownership of Hulu, will buy Comcast's share
November 3, 2023
Disney has announced it will buy out Comcast’s share of the Hulu streaming service. Comcast owns a third of Hulu, with Disney owning the rest. As part of how...
A year of Twitter under Elon Musk; also the current state of Twitter alternatives
October 31, 2023
It’s now been one year since Elon Musk bought what was once my favorite social network, Twitter. The social network has since undergone numerous changes...
Disney turns 100
October 27, 2023
On October 16, Disney turned 100 years old. In 1923, the company was founded as the “Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio,” said brothers being Walt Disney and his...
November 2023 media picks and news
October 24, 2023
Here’s a look at what media of interest is coming out in November 2023. Movies The Marvels, Nov. 10Wish, Nov. 22 Hulu A full list is available here. The...
The top 10 cartoon-based Halloween costumes for 2023
October 20, 2023
Halloween is upon us, though recent years have seen the entire month of October (and some September creep) become the so-called “spooky month.” As such, kids...
Best Buy to stop selling DVDs, Blu-rays in 2024
October 17, 2023
Last week, the blog The Digital Bits reported that Best Buy will no longer sell DVDs and Blu-ray discs starting in early 2024. This news was later confirmed...
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